Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 67, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2007, 2:43 PM CDT for Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 21 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2007, 2:43 PM CDT (19:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2007, 3:04 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Norton County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2:48 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Norton, KS | |
| May 31, 2:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 N Calvert, KS | HAIL COVERING THE GROUND |
| May 31, 3:06 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Norton, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 1:01 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 159 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1128 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KGLD 311943 TORGLD KSC137-312045- /O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0067.070531T1943Z-070531T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 243 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN NORTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 238 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NORTON... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CALVERT AROUND 255 PM CDT... THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 36 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 113 AND 127. A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO HAS BEEN OBSERVED OR INDICATED BY RADAR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND COVER UP. LAT...LON 3994 9994 3972 9994 3960 9962 3997 9963 $$ AEP
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGLD 311949 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 148 PM MDT THU MAY 31 2007 KSC137-312045- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-070531T2045Z/ NORTON KS- 248 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN NORTON COUNTY... AT 243 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CALVERT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL EASTERN NORTON COUNTY AROUND 300 PM CDT... THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 36 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 117 AND 127. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GOODLAND. LAT...LON 3995 9986 3975 9986 3960 9962 3997 9963 $$ AEP
000 WWUS53 KGLD 311957 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 157 PM MDT THU MAY 31 2007 KSC137-312045- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-070531T2045Z/ NORTON KS- 257 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN NORTON COUNTY... AT 253 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CALVERT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GOODLAND. LAT...LON 3995 9986 3975 9986 3960 9962 3997 9963 $$ AEP
000 WWUS53 KGLD 312004 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 204 PM MDT THU MAY 31 2007 KSC137-312014- /O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-070531T2045Z/ NORTON KS- 304 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NORTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3995 9986 3975 9986 3960 9962 3997 9963 $$ AEP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 3:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 18 hr |
| May 31, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 71 min |
| May 31, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 49 min |
| May 31, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 46 min |
| May 31, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 53 min |
| May 31, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 60 min |
| May 31, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 64 min |
| May 31, 3:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas | 3 hr |
| May 31, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 60 min |
| May 31, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 27 min |
| May 31, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan | 63 min |
| May 31, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 18 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.